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The enterprise headache with Windows Live ID and SkyDrive

Brian Bourne

Published: March 12th, 2013 Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+
Ransomware scam collects fake fines from embarrassed victims

Ransomware scam collects fake fines from embarrassed victims

I have to hand it to cybercriminals, they're wily and they're hard working. They change tactics and techniques continuously to attract new prey and evade detection. Many are successful in tricking even the

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 21st, 2012 Paul Wood
Don’t fall for this old scam

Don’t fall for this old scam

By Paul Wood Fake antivirus has been around for a while and it’s a booming business/cybercrime enterprise that probably isn’t going anywhere soon. It is also one of the most popular types of

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 19th, 2012 Paul Wood
Phishing is not an Olympic sport

Phishing is not an Olympic sport

By Paul Wood, Cyber Security Intelligence Manager, Symantec The Olympics are an exciting time when our national pride is at an all time high. I’m sure that most of us find ourselves constantly

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 9th, 2012 Paul Wood
Size doesn’t matter when it comes to protecting against online attacks

Size doesn’t matter when it comes to protecting against online attacks

Lately it seems rare to read a technology section and not see a story about a targeted online security attack. With Stuxnet, Duqu and now Flamer making big headlines, targeted attacks have become

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 17th, 2012 Paul Wood
Do Not Call List should be put on ice

Do Not Call List should be put on ice

By Brian Jackson The federal government continued limping along in its support of the Do Not Call List with the budget. The stop-gap funding was tagged on as an afterthought to support what

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 9th, 2012 Brian Jackson
Botnets – The hacker’s backdoor to your network

Botnets – The hacker’s backdoor to your network

  by Paul Comessotti and Kellman Meghu Botnets are one of the most significant network security threats facing organizations today. Compromising anywhere from a few thousand to well over a million systems, botnets

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 14th, 2012 IDG News Service
A new take on an old scam

A new take on an old scam

Example of a BBB spoofed email by Paul Wood Social engineering reared its ugly head in January. The latest intelligence report from Symantec saw businesses being targeted with emails purporting to be from

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 7th, 2012 Paul Wood
Spammers adopt new attack strategies for ‘New Year’

Spammers adopt new attack strategies for ‘New Year’

by Paul Wood The New Year saw an increase in global spam levels as spammers continued to take advantage of holidays and major current events in an effort to entice users to click on

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 9th, 2012 Paul Wood
Should You Feel Bad About Blocking Online Ads?

Should You Feel Bad About Blocking Online Ads?

 by Claudiu Popa I'm not a fan of banner ads, browser pop-ups nor of what's come to be called behavioural advertising. I find that such promotion largely falls into two categories. The kind

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 12th, 2012 Claudiu Popa
How HoHoTO turned crowdsourcing into a cause

How HoHoTO turned crowdsourcing into a cause

By Shane Schick Startups know what it means to be hungry. They tend to be launched by people who work extremely hard for what are sometimes small dividends, at least initially. They have

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 14th, 2011 Shane Shick
Targeted attacks and how they’re happening now

Targeted attacks and how they’re happening now

by Paul Wood Targeted malware and advanced persistent threats (APTs) have been big news in 2011, particularly in the wake of the Stuxnet attacks of 2010, and the recent discovery of Duqu.  Though

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 13th, 2011 Paul Wood
Companies exposing Canadians’ personal information face no penalty

Companies exposing Canadians’ personal information face no penalty

By Brian Jackson As social networking becomes more popular and online advertisers seek more effective ways to target their messages, our society is trying to cope with how to protect our privacy while

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 9th, 2011 Brian Jackson
A new twist on shortened URLs as spam carriers

A new twist on shortened URLs as spam carriers

by Paul Wood For some time Symantec has been warning social networking users to beware of shortened URLs as sometimes it can be hard to see where the link will actually lead. Spammers have

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 2nd, 2011 Paul Wood
Cyber criminals get more aggressive with social engineering tactics

Cyber criminals get more aggressive with social engineering tactics

by Matt Sergeant Cyber criminals are more aggressive with their social engineering tactics as evidenced in the September 2011 Symantec Intelligence Report. This month, roughly 72 per cent of all e-mail-borne malware contained

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 12th, 2011 ITBusiness Staff